BREAKING: The line-up announcement for the 2024 Electric Picnic has been made
At long, long, last - the line-up for the 2024 edition of the Electric Picnic Arts and Music Festival has been announced.
While the festival...
Gold for Turner at Para Swimming European Championships in Portugal
For the second time this week, Nicole Turner reached the podium at the Para Swimming European Championships.
The Portarlington swimmer took gold in 50m freestyle...
Local Elections: Fine Gael look to increase council seats in Laois as change of...
There was a little bit of everything at the Fine Gael Local Elections launch in the Abbeyleix Manor Hotel last night.
A nod to their...
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SOLAS Garden Centre in Portarlington: Where community thrives and gardens flourish!
Last week SOLAS Portarlington hosted a spectacular car boot sale at their garden centre, drawing in over a thousand attendees.
Georgina Carey, the events manager,...
Full list of properties sold in Laois during March, including two sold for over...
There were 73 residential properties sold in Laois in the second month of the year according to the Property Price Register, a significant decrease...
List of walks for Slieve Bloom Walking Festival on May bank holiday weekend
The Slieve Bloom Walking Festival - one of Ireland’s oldest walking festivals - is twenty-eight years running this year.
The 28th annual event will take...
Laois soccer club resurrected after 33 years claim historic League title
Laois soccer club, Grange United are the newly crowned North Tipperary and District League champions.
33 years after the club was disbanded, the County's western-most...
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SOLAS Garden Centre in Portarlington: Cultivating Community Spirit
Amidst the fluctuating weather patterns that have characterized the start of the gardening season, SOLAS Garden Centre in Portarlington has been bustling with activity.
Despite...
Historic day as Laois school reach All-Ireland Basketball Final
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U-14 'A' All-Ireland Basketball Cup Final
The Scoil Chríost Rí U-14 basketball team have fallen short at the final...
Deaths in Laois – Friday, April 26, 2024
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Tom Scully
Graiguecullen, Carlow / Graiguecullen, Laois
Tom Scully (Former Doyles of the Shamrock), of 7 Chapel...
Gardai make arrests after ‘sophisticated illicit pill making facility’ discovered in Laois
Gardai have made two arrests following the discovery of what they say is a 'sophisticated illicit pill making facility' in Laois.
They seized €200,000 worth...
In Pictures: All smiles as several housing developments containing 252 homes opened in Laois
Minister for Housing, Darragh O'Brien, was in Laois today where he officially opened several housing developments across the county.
On a whistle-stop tour, the Fianna...
Colleges Ladies Football: Heartbreak for Scoil Chriost Ri as Moate strike late in U-14...
Scoil Chriost Ri 2-11 Moate CS 4-9
Leinster Ladies Colleges U-14 'A' Football Championship Final
Scoil Chriost Ri were denied Leinster U-14 'A' football glory as...
Young talent from Laois take to the field at Aviva Stadium for the rugby...
Students from Ballylinan National School were showing off their rugby skills at the AVIVA Stadium recently.
The students were among more than 350 children from...
Darkness Into Light Portarlington set to host ‘the most important sunrise of the year’
"The most important sunrise of the year" is less than three weeks away, as the Darkness into Light 5km walks will get underway across...
First ever cost rental homes scheme set to be officially opened in Laois
Minister for Housing, Darragh O'Brien, is set to open the first ever cost rental homes scheme in Laois today.
The Fianna Fail TD will be...
Election Diary: Candidates call for new health centre, improved climate control planning, and public...
The 2024 Local Elections are fast approaching and things are heating across the county ahead of polling day on June 7.
Sinn Féin candidates call...
‘Regulations not recommendations’ – Laois GAA implement stricter Go Games policies
In recent weeks, the Laois GAA Go Games have gotten underway - a series of regular hurling and football fixtures for clubs from U-7...
Talking Sport Podcast: Looking ahead to a huge weekend of hurling for Laois
It is a huge weekend for hurling in Laois and the Talking Sport Podcast is here to look ahead to it all.
The action begins...
Deaths in Laois – Thursday, April 25, 2024
Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Tommy (Tom) Kelly
Portlaoise Road, Abbeyleix, Laois
Peacefully, in the presence of his family, in the loving...
Men’s, Ladies’ and Juvenile results from the 40×20 All-Ireland Handball Championships in Croke Park
Men’s 40x20 All-Ireland Championships
The 40x20 Handball Championship season has come to an end, with a number of All-Ireland Finals taking place in the Handball...
Search on as Electric Picnic seek creations for popular Trailer Park feature
Trailer Park is Electric Picnic’s world of graceful lunacy, a haven of hilarious caravans, utilitarian mobile homes that have undergone surgery, vans re-functioned, campers...
Excitement building as Laois students gear up for All-Ireland Enterprise Final set for May
For the first time, the national final for Ireland’s largest student entrepreneurial programme will be held in the Midlands, taking place in the Mullingar...
More than €1.1 million in funding announced for rural areas in Laois
A funding allocation of €1,106,270 has been granted for repairs and improvements on non-public rural roads and laneways.
This funding will fall under the Local...
